Published date: 10 June 2022
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Optician services - 85160000
Location of contract
North West
Value of contract
£1,500,237
Procurement reference
M-21-05 #2
Published date
10 June 2022
Closing date
13 October 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 July 2022
Contract end date
30 June 2026
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other: Single Tender Action using Light Touch Regime
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is supporting NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG who are the Contracting Authority for this opportunity. The CCGs are also working in partnership with NHS West Lancashire CCG and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust. The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for an Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Service for patients in the CCG area.
The Authority is awarding a contract to a Prime Contractor who will manage a range of Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services. The services are designed to provide safe, integrated, and sustainable system-wide clinical care pathways to support COVID-19 recovery and restoration and the prevention of avoidable visual impairment.
The Contracting Authority wishes to award a 3-year contract with the option to extend for a further 1 x 1-year period.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
- Early engagement
- Published 17 September 2021
Additional text
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This Contract Award Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
A call for Expressions of Interest has previously been carried out and Primary Eyecare Services were the only service provider to submit a response to the call for Expressions of Interest and in that response, provided evidence of the capability and capacity to deliver the service.
Following publication of the VEAT notice on Friday 10th June 2022, there will be a 10-day standstill period, concluding on Monday 20th June 2022. Following satisfactory conclusion of the standstill period, the CCG will enter into a contract with Primary Eyecare Services Ltd for 3 year(s) with the option to extend by 1 x 1-year period.
Award information
Awarded date
30 November 2021
Contract start date
1 July 2022
Contract end date
30 June 2026
Total value of contract
£1,500,237
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
PRIMARY EYECARE SERVICES LIMITED
Address
2 Woodbridge Street
LONDON
EC1R 0DG
GBReference
Companies House number: 06722353
Value of contract
£1,500,237
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Helen Graham
Address
c/o NHS South Sefton CCG and NHS Southport & Formby CCG
Ma
Bootle
L20 3NJ
England
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Closing: 13 October 2021, 12pm